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Turquoise Overlay on Garland Millefiori
France
Baccarat, circa 1845-55
Diameter: 7.6 cm (3 inches)
(702293)

Double overlay (opaque white overlaid with turquoise), enclosing a garland millefiori design comprised of two interlocked trefoils and seven silhouette canes; star-cut base; lower sides cut with twelve oval printies; upper sides cut with six circular printies, one on top

Photo by Marlin Roos, Illinois State Museum

<B>Turquoise Overlay on Garland Millefiori<BR>France<BR>Baccarat, circa 1845-55</B><BR>Diameter: 7.6 cm (3 inches)<BR>(702293)<BR><BR>Double overlay (opaque white overlaid with turquoise), enclosing a garland millefiori design comprised of two interlocked trefoils and seven silhouette canes; star-cut base; lower sides cut with twelve oval printies; upper sides cut with six circular printies, one on top
     
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